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Latest Episodes

Gigster's Director of People Ops Matt Hughes
October 11, 2018

Matt Hughes makes his glorious return to TTTM! He walks us through his new HR/recruiting hybrid role, sourcing playbook, getting Gigster hooked on recruiting data, and his impressive progress cutting down speed to hire.

Tanium Director of Talent Acquisition Jeff Schlosser
October 04, 2018

Jeff and Rob discuss the importance of building and constantly updating a capacity model, the most important metrics, and how recruiters play a crucial role in generating close-ready candidates.

Virgin Hyperloop One's Project-Based Hiring Approach
September 24, 2018

Recruiting Manager for Virgin Hyperloop One, Greg Toroosian, explains how his team hires specifically to fulfill immediate projects and business needs, rather than hiring "opportunistically" when a particularly talented person comes along. He further...

Booking.com's Global Lead in Recruiting Strategy & Analytics
September 06, 2018

Dakotta explains the distribution of his recruitment team across 10 (!!!) different offices, how they use standardized dashboards to track individual performance, and the in-depth analysis he's conducting within Google Analytics to optimize conversion.

Greenhouse Director of TA Jacqui Maguire
August 29, 2018

Jacqui and Rob discuss how Greenhouse will put it's recent funding towards hiring, how to conduct impactful (and well-attended) interview training, eliminating technical skill bias in culture interviews, and the three different buckets her KPIs fit into.

Uber Assesses for Inclusivity Like It's a Core Competency (Because It Is)
August 16, 2018

Uber's Head of Engineering Recruitment, Craig Campbell, explains his team's process of ensuring inclusivity by assessing for it in the interview stage.

HubSpot's Director of Recruiting Becky McCullough
August 15, 2018

Becky discusses how to manage internal candidate mobility in terms of bias and candidate experience, why "slate interviewing" is better than "iterative interviewing", and what her new Recruiting Ops team is responsible for. Rob has a lukewarm take on...

How Uber Assesses Every Candidate for Inclusivity Awareness
August 08, 2018

Director of Engineering Recruitment at Uber, Craig Campbell, explains how Uber screens for inclusivity the same way they screen for any core competency. What to ask, how to interpret answers, and how to ensure it actually happens in every interview.

Hiring & Managing a Distributed Workforce
August 01, 2018

CreativeMarket CTO Chris Winn explains how their company has grown to be comprised of 2/3rds remote workers, as well as how to hire them and train hiring managers to best lead them.

How Recruiters Can Correct Wage Inequality & Establish Pay Brand
July 26, 2018

Payscale's VP of Content Strategy Lydia Franks shares data about who's asking for raises, whether they get them, and how recruiters can institute processes that ensure fairness in every aspect of people management.